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The rapid rise in different parts of the world of deadly, more infectious coronavirus variants that share new mutations is leading scientists to ask a critical question

Coronavirus: The Evidence

Once immunity is widespread in adults, the virus rampaging across the world will come to resemble the common cold, scientists predict.

New findings suggest that immune response to COVID-19 may be long-lasting.

A new study shows immune cells primed to fight the coronavirus should persist for a long time after someone is vaccinated or recovers from infection.

Scientists who aren’t virologists or vaccinologists can still make crucial contributions to the global effort to battle SARS-CoV-2.

After infection or vaccination immunity to the virus may be long lasting

A year of scientific uncertainty is over. Two vaccines look like they will work, and more should follow.

Blood samples from recovered patients suggest a powerful, long-lasting immune response, researchers reported.

Immunity to the novel coronavirus may last eight months or longer, according to a new study authored by respected scientists at leading labs, which found that individuals who recovered from the coronavirus developed “robust” levels of B cells and T cells (necessary for fighting off the virus) and “these cells may persist in the body for a very, very long time.”

San Diego scientists and trial participants are cautiously optimistic after early reports that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective

The body’s immune system is immensely intricate. A new study released in the UK is causing a stir because of what it says about possible limits to our immunity to COVID-19. Dr. Alessandro Sette talks with The World’s Marco Werman about what the study’s results mean for the possibility of a strong coronavirus vaccine.

New research suggests that some of us may be partially protected due to past encounters with common cold coronaviruses

Worries over waning antibodies may be overblown, as growing evidence shows a role for T cells in the coronavirus immune response.

The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.

Some people who’ve never been exposed to the novel coronavirus may have protection against it, but that is far from certain

Which is too bad because we really need to understand how the immune system reacts to the coronavirus.

We’re now more than seven months into the coronavirus pandemic that has upended the lives of most of Earth’s inhabitants.

The decline seen in some studies is normal, experts say. But scientists must wait to see whether infection confers long-term protection